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Subject: [OM] Re: [Digital] It's over
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 22:41:46 -0500
Maybe they're all just trolls.

Chuck Norcutt

Garth Wood wrote:

> Well, I guess that's that.
> 
> Posters at dpreview.com are reporting that the officials at the Oly 
> booths at PMA 2006 have confirmed that there will be no new 
> professional-level digital Oly body to replace the E-1 until at least 
> 2007.  Speculation is that Oly will be so far behind the pro curve at 
> that point that there will be no new pro-level body from them *ever* 
> -- instead, someone else (Panasonic? Leica?) will take up that 
> mantle.  Oly will concentrate on prosumer-at-best bodies for the 
> foreseeable future, and leave the field to Canon and Nikon to slug it 
> out.  Seems strange, considering the quality of the pro lenses that 
> Oly's put out so far, but perhaps they've been planning to make 
> lenses which will ultimately go on someone else's pro-level bodies 
> for awhile now.
> 
> **HEAVY SIGH**
> 
> Oh well.  Guess I should go tire-kick that Canon 5D much more seriously...
> 
> 
> Garth
> 
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